It's a good day, Oppo.

"Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious" (shour) 04/25/2019 at 13:27 • Filed to: None

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I pray your day is blessed as well.

ttyymmnn > Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious 04/25/2019 at 13:43

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Congrats on the hardware. My boys did quite well also. B oth our middle and high school got all 1s in concert and sight reading. High school played a tough program, too: Valdres, Holst: Jupiter, Grantham: J’ai ét é au bal. That Grantham piece is awesome. I played it at UT and with the ASO. Grantham was also on my doctoral dissertation committee. He writes some damned hard music, but it’s always playable since he knows the instruments so well and write idiomatically. I like his work. Congrats again.

Chariotoflove > Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious 04/25/2019 at 13:46

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Thanks and congrats!

HoustonRunner > Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious 04/25/2019 at 15:28

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Congratulations...though that is the most vague trophy possible.

You’ve won (insert accomplishment here) ! Hooray!

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > HoustonRunner 04/25/2019 at 21:33

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It’s definitely kind of a “those who know” sort of deal. This is a state-issued trophy in Texas for public school music education ensembles. This particular trophy shows that the ensemble scored the highest rating (Division One) in both of the assessments: concert performance and sight reading.

My top band was assessed today, and passed with flying colours. There are several Oppos who have been involved with (or are still connected with) Texas music education, so I essentially posted today's trophy to brag to them.